Team-Based Simulation for Medical Student Handoff Education.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Good handoffs require teamwork, clear communication, a cognitively safe environment, and a good understanding of the patient's medical needs. Complex tertiary care training institutions require multiple handoffs over a patient's time in the hospital. Medical students need better handoff education. We designed a handoff training exercise using a simulated patient care environment for students to practice and observe multiple handoffs over time.

Methods

An initial large-group didactic session provides direct instruction on handoffs. In small groups, students are subsequently assigned roles as individual physicians in a chain of providers during a simulated patient hospitalization over several days, with an additional student as an observer. Blinded to any prior di

SUBMITTER: Higgins Joyce A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6440419 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature